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Starting next Thursday November 17 the Club will be opening on Thursday rather than Friday nights. All other details remain the same.

Meanwhile last Friday the fourth on November in the final round of the Spring Swiss, Reza Daneshvar who was leading the tournament lost to Zoran Babic. Rod Hessing won his game against Mio Ristic to hold outright first place.

However, Rod has proposed that he play a further match against Zoran to make up for a game Zoran forfeited to him earlier. So Rods’ result will be considered provisional for now.

The first three rounds of T14, the Spring Swiss, have now been completed.

The only player on a maximum score is new member Rod Hessing. Geoff Barber, this years joint champion lost to Rod in the first round and then to Mio Ristic (who did so well in the recent Vic. Country Championship) in the second. He is now on half a point from a draw with Geoff Davis in round 3.

Jack Smith has two points out of three with wins against Geoff Davis in the first round and Owen Courtis in the second. Reza Daneshvar had some revenge against Mio for his loss to him in the Country Championship, winning their third round encounter. Reza now holds second place and will play black against Rod in round four this Friday night.

The pairings for Fridays’ round are:

Rod Hessing(3) v Reza Daneshvar(2.5)

Mio Ristic(1.5) v Jack Smith(2)

Zoran Babic(1.5) v Geoff Davis(0.5)

Geoff Barber(0.5) v Owen Courtis(0.5)

One more round will be played after Friday’s, on Nov 11. After that the next meeting will be social chess and after that the Rapid Play Championship over three nights, taking us to the end of the year with the AGM on December 16.

Mio Ristic put in a stunning performance at the Victorian Country Championship, held at the Geelong Chess Club on last Saturday and Sunday the 15th and 16th.

Although seeded in the lower half of the field of 32, Mio scored 4.5 out of 6 to share second place with former champion Mark Bruere. As well as his share of second prize he collected the top rating prize.

Mio playing the black pieces against Leigh Healey in the last round. His win gained him second place and two lots of prize money.

Reza demonstrated his dominance in the rapid play form following on from his 7/7 win in the recent Ten Minute Championship winning with another perfect score, but this time finishing two clear points ahead of the field.

The two runners-up with 4/6 were the current joint club champions Zoran Babic and Geoff Barber.